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Floyd Mayweather Jr. has managed to define it anyway, hitting Twitter hard as the hours wound down to Friday, when he will enter the Clark County, Nev., Detention Center to serve out a near three-month sentence that could be cut as short as 65 days.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. spent the day before his incarceration tweeting about making huge wagers and buying a $300,000 Bentley.
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There were the pictures of winning wagering slips – who the heck bets $150,000 on the Little Caesars Bowl? There were gloating photos of a fresh white $300,000 Bentley he “picked up” as a going-away-to-prison gift to himself.

Years ago Mayweather decided to use loud, profane, vapid and staged antics to morph from a defensive-oriented welterweight into boxing’s biggest villain and its biggest draw.

“Don’t serve time, make time serve you,” Don King likes to advise inmates. In the 1960s, King did a four-year stint for manslaughter and used the time to educate himself and thus leave the numbers-running game upon his release. It’s an incredible story.

Expect Mayweather to take that to the ultimate level.

The CCDC isn’t anywhere you want to spend even an hour, but it’s not like Mayweather is going to do hard time.

He pleaded guilty last month to “misdemeanor battery domestic violence and harassment” of an ex-girlfriend and the mother of three of his children.

Through “work time” and “good time” that will cut his sentence, he could be out by early March. According to a police spokesman, he will “probably” spend the first week in isolated protective custody. “If no problems [arise],” he’ll be housed with other protective custody inmates.

He won’t be bunking with the general population, currently 3,393 strong.

Sure his 12,000-square foot mansion will become a 6-by-10-foot cell. Yes, those eight bathrooms he’s accustomed to will become a stainless steel toilet and sink. And let’s not bother discussing Egyptian thread counts.

As for the Bentley, maybe a member of TheMoneyTeam can wheel it around downtown Las Vegas so Mayweather can catch a glimpse through the thin window in his cell from what is expected to be the South Tower.

That first week he’ll get one hour a day outside his cell, all alone, according to the jail. In regular protective custody, it will be “several hours” with other prisoners like him.

It may not do much for training.

Other than that, he’ll survive.

The stated goal of the American judicial system is rehabilitation. Hopefully Mayweather will learn to save his aggression for the ring, especially when it comes to women. It’s a pathetic crime.

That said, the concept that he comes out a new man – humble and businesslike – is unlikely. He isn’t tweeting Bible verses in his final hours; he’s taking snapshots from parties. The man is starkly unapologetic. His Twitter avatar is a picture of him smiling between President George W. Bush and Jerry Jones.

He’s stayed perfectly in character.

Mayweather is a light-punching, lower weight class athlete in a sport decades removed from its heyday. He’s earned nearly $200 million anyway. That’s in part from breaking the mold on how to sell himself, mostly through outrageous turns designed to build a bad-boy image on HBO’s “24/7” reality show.

Hard-core boxing fans love his skills. That isn’t enough to make the big money. He’s found two other consumer groups: those that love his over-the-top act and those that hate it. He’s made himself a sensation.

Going to jail is just an unexpected plot development. Played properly, though, it will fire up both sides.

While anything is possible, it’s long odds he lets his detractors see him knocked down a peg. He’ll likely come out even more defiant.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being sentenced to ninety days in prison by a Las Vegas judge for his reduced domestic violence charge against his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris. Mayweather sentencing orders him to pay a $2,500 fine, attend a yearlong domestic violence class, and perform 100 hours of community service. Taking this plea also allows him to avoid felony charges.

Back in September 2010 Mayweather and Josie had altercations which resulted in Floyd receiving domestic violence charges and two counts of harassment. Floyd pleaded guilty to hitting Harris and twisting her arm, while their two kids (9 and 10) looked on and witnessed the brutality.

During the attack Floyd grabbed Josie hair and dragged her on the floor. He also allegedly threatened to kill Harris and her boyfriend or make her boyfriend “disappear,” according to the complaint. Their 10-year-old son ran from the house and jumped a back gate to fetch security. Mayweather had taken cellphones belonging to Harris and the two boys.

For this vicious attack the 34-year old Mayweather will be sentenced to 90 days in jail. He is due back in court on January 6th 2012 for sentencing.

Trash talking is as old as football itself. A player baiting another player with a taunt or threat is usually par for the course during any game, especially a game between rivals or with championship significance.

So, it was no surprise that Monday’s Gator Bowl between Florida and Ohio State — two teams that have loved Urban Meyer — had a little more vitriol than usual. What was surprising was the type of caustic comments being said.

Ohio State linebacker Tyler Moeller said Florida players hurled racial slurs at him throughout the game and that that sparked some of the chippiness during the 24-17 Florida win.

“They’re classless. That’s the way I’d put it,” Moeller said, according to Marcus Hartman from Buckeye Sports Bulletin. “I’ve never seen more people swing at our players and call us racial slurs. I’ve never been called a ‘cracker’ more in my life than I have today. So I don’t really have much respect for them in terms of that but they’re a good team. They came out and outplayed us today.”

I’ll be the first to admit I’ve never heard a player complain about this in terms of reverse racism (which is still just racism) and really, you rarely hear about this type of thing at all on the collegiate level, though it probably exists. I’m sure there was a slew of unsavory things said on that football field, but who knew the “C-word” was still a racial slur that anyone used?

I’m not trying to make light of the situation, but I thought it went out of style after comedian Chris Rock ran the slur into the ground during his HBO special in 1999. The word is probably as relevant now as some of the words used in the infamous 1975 Saturday Night Live skit “Racist Word Association Interview” with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor.

I do wonder what other things he and other players were called and what they might have yelled back? I’m sure there was some profanity dropped that probably drew more anger — and some colorful rebuttal — than the “C-word.”

It’s interesting that in other leagues, especially soccer leagues where there are many different ethnicities on one field, this kind of stuff is severely punished. Unfortunately, this will probably go relatively unnoticed.

Moeller actually doesn’t have the best luck in the state of Florida. In 2009 while vacationing with his family, Moeller was punched in a Florida bar and suffered a skull fracture and a serious brain injury. Doctors told him he’d never play football again, but he returned to the field a year later.

Every time you take a look at supermarket checkout lines and email advertisements, you’re sure to learn about a new diet craze. From South Beach to Atkins to Ornish, there’s always a new scheme to lose weight. Of course, the best way to lose weight still involves eating well and exercising. But what do I know? What can the NBA possibly teach the world about losing weight?

“The protein, the drinks, the carbohydrates, I know all the things I need,” Wade said. “The biggest thing is that I’ve talked with a nutritionist, who’s working with the team, who understands what we need, how much we practice, what weight I need to be at, what body fat, this, this and this. Put them together, come up with a master plan and I reap the benefits.”

One of his secrets: Chlorophyll.

Yes, the stuff that allows plants to extract energy from light is helping energize Wade as well.

“I put it in juices for him,” said Richard Ingraham, a personal chef for Wade and his longtime girlfriend, Gabrielle Union. “He does a juice now that I make out of beets, chlorophyll, ginger. I’m giving him a nature-made Red Bull. It’s all about giving him energy and keeping him as healthy as possible.” […]

Wade loses about five pounds per game, so his postgame meal tends to be as important—if not more so—than the pregame one. Ingraham tends to keep things simple: chicken breast, turkey breast, that sort of thing. On occasion, he says he’ll make one of Wade’s former favorites as a treat, but for the most part Wade sticks to the better choices. […]

“He doesn’t really like vegetables,” Ingraham said. “When I put the salad down, I know that’s something he really doesn’t want to do, but he knows it can help him. It’s not like I’m putting down asparagus. We’re taking baby steps. But it works.”

Wade has been one of the best players in the league for years, so it’s difficult to imagine him becoming even better with an improved diet. But athletes still hit a physical bump at 30 like anyone else, and Wade has learned that he has to adjust his lifestyle if he wants to stay at the top of the NBA. He has the money to make sure everything he puts in his body helps him, so why not make the most of it? If it sometimes involves chlorophyll, then so be it.

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